Quote by Ulrich Beck
Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, no

Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the law nor even the military are in a position to define or control risks rationally. – Ulrich Beck

Other quotes by Ulrich Beck

The basic assumption of the secular society is that modernity overcomes religion. – Ulrich Beck

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Religion
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All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less religion. In my theory we can realize that this is wrong: atheism is only one belief system among many. – Ulrich Beck

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Religion
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You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply. – Ulrich Beck

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Peace
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Other Quotes from
Science
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I hesitate to predict whether this theory is true. But if the general opinion of Mankind is optimistic then were in for a period of extreme popularity for science fiction. – David Eddings

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Science

Better to die in the pursuit of civilized values, we believed, than in a flight underground. We were offering a value system couched in the language of science. – John Charles Polanyi

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Science

Science fiction encourages us to explore… all the futures, good and bad, that the human mind can envision. – Marion Zimmer Bradley

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Science

We need to tap the resource of current and retiring science and math professionals that have both content mastery and the practical experience to serve as effective teachers. – Cathy McMorris

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Science

Random Quotes

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong. – Thomas Carlyle

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Decisions

I definitely gravitate towards quality genre projects and genre of any kind whether its science fiction, horror or really anything. Im just drawn to quality. I dont think Darkness Falls is horror there isnt any gore by any stretch of the imagination. – Emma Caulfield

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Imagination

He was as great as a man can be without morality. – Alexis de Tocqueville

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great

Modernity is the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, which make up one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immutable. This transitory fugitive element, which is constantly changing, must not be despised or neglected. – Charles Baudelaire

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Art